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New York is so big that even when they have isolated fleets they buy at “whole system” scale, particularly if they can buy off-the-shelf world-standard light rail Still, it seems like a false economy to not build something that could interoperate with the legacy Subway lines or LIRR/MNRR

@greenlinetobrooklyn How is the corner lot “lost”? Which use-change in history are you lamenting?

Cool, but how is loopnet showing all 11 floors still available? And what's the other 6-story outbuilding called (addressed) ? Also is there someplace that shows more details on the under-plaza connector between the two and the T?

Insiders in every profession use shorthand to both save bandwidth and show membership. Welcome to the railroad ghetto! (Which is currently holding open-mic and getting nerdy in the usually-less-jargony MBTA thread). I explained ER just a few posts ago, so reading back often helps. we also have...

ER = Eastern Route (Boston & Maine RR between North Station and Portland, (currently cut at Newburyport) pax = passenger/passengers cx = cancellation Txfr = transfer

Abbreviation Alert: ER = Eastern Route = Boston - Portland via Newburyport, a missing bridge ($$$ to reconstruct), and Seabrook nuke plant. More direct, historically fast but currently impossible. Contrast with Western Route via Haverhill which the Downeaster uses (that has struggled to get...

The $1B proposed for northern tier would be better spent on: 1) raising speeds on SPG-BOS and running a L-shaped route up the Valley 2) bus-train hub at SPG or Palmer 3) upgrades to Fitchburg Line 4) Bus service

Mod's Update: Turns out SST is a Rorschach test in which people see other topics. I wonder if that was in the design brief. To try to tame this beast, I have moved some content from here to other threads. If your (frequently-brilliant) rejoinders seem missing here, please look for them by...

It probably won't surprise you to know that I'm an active, longtime Wikipedia editor, as well as a Mod here. If one consults Strauss-Howe Generational Theory, I'm Gen X because my parents are clearly Silent Generation, (I also miss the strict cutoff for Boomer by a year) While Wikipedia is a...

I will move the Wiki data and population trends discussion to the better thread (and delete this).

The former Union Station site is mostly or approximately available, right? The good thing about being alive in 2023 is that it’s time to tear down the stuff they built in the 1960s atop the sites of the railroad stuff we lost Somewhere on AB @F-Line to Dudley led a discussion of new rail...

I think it notable that neither Tennessee (Nashville) nor Texas (Austin) have an income tax, making them 1) good places to park $$$ in real estate if it also gains you residency 2) generally faster-growing metros (Austin is #1 fastest (2016–2021): +14.1% , Nashville is #5 (2016–2021): +9.3% )...

My personal feed is filled with stories of NYC and Miami supertall residentials. I think it is easy to think "we're not that different from NYC, why isn't Boston getting supertall (or even 40+ story) residential?" I think NYC and Miami have two things no other American city (and few global...

@2025Upward, as a mod, I think that comments around the South Station Tower belong here, but an extended discussion on height and the BPDA belong in the thread: How Tall Are Boston's Buildings and Should They Be Taller? or a BPDA thread And the taunting "really?" emotion-heavy, content-lite...

Really? Can’t claim the ramps at Med/Tufts as accessible for everyday use?

There's all kinds of "opportunities" for Somerville to get abutters to improve access. I'm a bit alarmed that it hasn't already happened or been programmed in: 1) an Eastern entrance to USq from Boynton Yards (paid for by the huge new buildings there) 2) East Somerville access tied to...

Virginia would be a great state to study, partly for their Red-Blue-Purple consensus on state-subsidized, privately-operated bus. Their state-level VA DRPT (Department of Rail & Public Transport) has wet-leased from Megabus (but state livery) to operate a mix of routes, which are basically a mix...

Gotta say, it was a fast, secure, and lovely bike ride today from West Medford, via Alewife Brook Path (Somerville), Mass Ave through Harvard Sq, Memorial Drive to BU bridge and thence to Longwood (and back). Faster than transit (remind me that "micromobility" should be in this thread title)...

I like the new state law for 2023, with the best two parts being: 1)Cars must give at least 4' when passing bikes or pedestrians, and may cross the centerline if required to give that clearance 2)Bikes must have red rear light (presumably after dark)...

@F-Line to Dudley, Is there any chance of South Attleboro getting rebuilt with a 3rd track? (Seems like they're so messed up on timetable and budget that they maybe haven't settled this question yet?) @Badusername there was a more-legit study for PVD-Woonsocket-Worcester/Boston CR done in...